Ekko vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Ekko
based on 8,145 Ekko vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Pantheon
Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
If you can proc Z-Drive Resonance on an enemy champion, it's worth taking risks to do so. The bonus Move Speed makes it easy to escape.
Phase Dive's dash is a great tool for setting up Ekko's other abilities. Use it to get double hits with Timewinder or get into position to detonate Parallel Convergence.
Advice to Win Against Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Ekko vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable Ekko against Pantheon counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Pantheon..
Ekko typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Pantheon. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Ekko or Pantheon?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ekko usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Pantheon, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes an ok counter to Pantheon.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate compared to Pantheon, when facing one another, Ekko also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Ekko into Pantheonas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Pantheon matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Ekko is a decent counter for Pantheon. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Ekko against Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko in order to counter Pantheon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Pantheon. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Ekko versus Pantheon build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Pantheon than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Pantheon with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Pantheon as Ekko, Ekko players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Ekko vs Pantheon counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Pantheon as Ekko are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.